For the second year in row, a budget proposal drafted by Sen. Pat Toomey, was shut down by the Senate. The proposal, which was designed to balance the federal budget within the next eight years through a combination of tax reforms and spending cuts, was voted down along party lines, 42 for 57 against. 

President Obama has housing issues, according to a poll released by the progressive group Campaign for a Fair Settlement. 48 percent disapprove of his handling of the housing and mortgage crisis while 38 percent approve.

Obama Promised A Net Spending Cut, But Instead Has Racked Up Government Spending To Unsustainable Levels

CANDIDATE OBAMA PROMISED A NET SPENDING CUT BY GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET “LINE BY LINE”

PROMISE: In 2008, Obama Promised A “Net Spending Cut” To The Federal Budget By Going “Through The Federal Budget Line By Line...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says the country is at odds with Washington lawmakers on the economy and people will see the evidence in the November election.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - As always, there’s a guessing game on vice presidential nominees, but this year our region is right in the middle of that game.

The field is wide open and this week Chris Christie once again suggested he might be willing to accept Mitt Romney’s nod for VP, if Romney offers it of course.

There are three other regio...

Update: Romney will be visiting a Pittsburgh area factory while he’s in the area. He’ll meet with supporters at noon at Sauereisen, a company that manufactures corrosion-resistant construction materials. The business is located across the Allegheny River in Fox Chapel.

President Obama's reelection campaign on Sunday stood by its controversial web video which questioned whether Mitt Romney would have approved the Usama bin Laden raid -- as a top Romney adviser accused the president of twisting a unifying moment into a "divisive, partisan, political attack."

With Newt Gingrich finally leaving the GOP Presidential race, Mitt Romney is now closer to realizing the ambition he has so long pursued: He has an even-money chance to become America's 45th President. He's more likely to fulfill that ambition if he overcomes his cautious nature and runs a campaign that is equal to America's current political mo...

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has co-sponsored an amendment that would increase transparency and accountability of government-sponsored conferences while imposing new travel limitations.

Montgomery County Democrats have out-registered Republican counterparts again.

However, the GOP made a slight dent in registration tallies when previously registered voters switched registrations to Republican.

US Attorney General Eric Holder's Ballot to Vote Offered to Total Stranger!!

WASHINGTON, DC. – Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-8) voted on Thursday to pass the second budget proposal to come out of the House of Representatives in two years.

Barack Obama has worked hard to portray himself as better than your average politician—as someone who would fundamentally change the way Washington works.

Call it The Faceplant Heard ‘Round The Nation. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who had earlier predicted that the Supreme Court would uphold the individual mandate, called the first half of oral arguments on the issue “a train wreck for the Obama administration,” and openly predicted that the court would overturn at least that p...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today commended the bipartisan passage of the JOBS Act (H.R. 3606) in the U.S. Senate. The legislation, which passed 73-26, includes three job-creating bills authored by Sen. Toomey:

March 26 is the last day to register to vote in the April 24 primary election.

In the primary election, voters will cast ballots for president, U.S. Senate, state attorney general, auditor general, and treasurer, as well as U.S. House of Representatives, state House and Senate, and delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions.

As of today, the president who promised to cut the deficit in half has now racked up more new debt than any of his predecessors—and in less time.

Gov. Tom Corbett signed the voter ID bill into law today, hours after it was passed by the Pa. House. The controversial legislation will require voters to present photo identification at the polls. The State Senate passed it last week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick today voted to pass H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.

This legislation represents a combination of several job creation measures aimed at increasing capital formation, spurring the growth of startups and small businesses, and paving the way for more small-scale business...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced today that his staff will hold a casework day in Bucks County from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 8.

During the casework event at the office of state Representative Marguerite C. Quinn, Sen. Toomey’s staff will be available to help constituents who are having problems with federal a...

Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Welch was in Pittsburgh today, taking President Obama and Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey to task on their energy policy decisions, including over-regulation, failure to approve the Keystone Pipeline, and investment in wind and solar instead of proven, readily obtainable sources of energy. Welch...

The Republican senator from Pennsylvania — the current one — may not be a well known as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), but in his own way he is a rising star.

WASHINGTON — No Republican presidential candidate — not even Mitt Romney — can amass enough delegates to secure the nomination in the next two months.

HARRISBURG, PA – Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason Chairman released the following statement on the third anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the stimulus bill into law:

While most counties in Pennsylvania get three delegates to send to the Republican Convention, Bucks County will get a fourth this year — and no one can remember the last time that happened.